The Burke Chair has prepared two new reports on terrorism in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia: 2007-2010. These reports draw on unclassified US reporting by the National Counterterrorism Center and the US Department of State.

National security is normally seen in
terms of military strength and internal security operations against extremists
and insurgents. The upheavals that began in Tunis have highlighted the
fact that national security is measured in terms of the politics, economics,
and social tensions that shape national stability as well.